DJ509 and DJ512 operated by F100

[Matt Coughran]

hey Guys!

At Gold Coast Airport this morning an Alliance F100 (VH-FKA) Operated Virgin Blue flights DJ509 and DJ512 as Unity 1509 and 1512. I have confirmed this with a friend who works at the Airport but were unable to tell me why this occurred.

Here are some photos of it coming and departing OOL.



If anyone knows why Virgin Blue used a totally different aircraft and Airline please let us know

Thanks
Matt

[Lee G]

Jim Woodrow posted this response on ozspotters -

DJ have chartered this aircraft for one day to provide extra capacity. DJ are changing to a new res and check in system today and all flight are manual check in and manual load control entry. So extra coverage was required in case of delays.